COOKIES POLICY 

Last Updated October 1, 2021 

The website www.ISSVD.org (the “Website”) is operated by The International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (“ISSVD”, “we,” or “us”). 

The Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. A cookie is a small text file of letters and numbers that are stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. 

Cookies help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Website, allow us to improve Website functionality, and assist in our promotional and marketing advertising. Cookies also assist you in logging into the Website, navigating the Website, and registering for events or making purchases through the website. By continuing to browse the Website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as described in this Cookies Policy. 

We use the following types of cookies: 

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the Website or make payments through the Website. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Website may not work properly or at all.  

• Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the Website operates, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. 

• Preference cookies. These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to the Website. This enables us to personalize content for you and remember your preferences.  

• Marketing cookies. These cookies record your visit to the Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the Website and the information displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. 

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or marketing cookies. 

Should you wish to block, delete or deactivate cookies, you will be required to do so at the device level. You can do this by amending the settings on your browser. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Website.